MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Mexican Cession
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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Start of the American Civil War
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U.S. declares war on Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -On May 12, 1846, the United States Senate voted 40 to 2 to go to war with Mexico. President James K. Polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on U.S. soil, north of the Rio Grande. But Mexico claimed this land as its own territory and accused the American military of having invaded.
Detailed explanation-2: -April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins, over the disputed border of Texas. May – The Associated Press is founded in New York. May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress declared war on Mexico after a request from President James K. Polk. Then, on May 26, 1848, both sides ratified the peace treaty that ended the conflict.
Detailed explanation-4: -Won by the Americans and damned by its contemporary critics as expansionist, it resulted in the U.S. gaining more than 500, 000 square miles (1, 300, 000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.